urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entries-047fb7d5-4c5f-4a9c-bcb3-7e54fca041c3Benchmarking and systems performance - hosted by Elisabeth Stahl - Tags - sybase Benchmarking and systems performance - hosted by Elisabeth Stahl12013-12-05T15:01:57-05:00IBM Connections - Blogsurn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entry-b3eb4baf-d1d6-4205-a7b3-96103f6dd3fdFree IQ Testestahl0600029JQ8activeComment Entriesapplication/atom+xml;type=entryLikes2007-06-05T00:41:07-04:002007-11-28T20:31:16-05:00I love those ads where you answer one simple question and then they give you an <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IQ">IQ</a> score predicting your total future intellectual achievement. Everything should be so simple.<br><br>Speaking of IQ, Sun recently published a <a href="http://www.tpc.org/">TPC-H</a> 300GB benchmark result with Sybase IQ.(1) Nice price/performance but note that it's #20 in performance for the 300GB scale factor. Just think what kind of terrible performance you could get for free.<br><br>For #1 performance with Sybase IQ, see the new whitepaper, <a href="http://www.sybase.com/files/White_Papers/IQonPOWER_BENCHMARK-052307.pdf">Sybase® IQ on IBM System p™ Servers Based on New IBM POWER6™ Processor Technology</a>.<br><br>Next time you get an urge to take an IQ test, remember the words of F. Scott Fitzgerald. "The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function."<br><br>************************************************<br>(1)Sun TPC-H 300GB result of 7,641 QphH@300GB ($5.89/QphH@300GB; avail. 05/25/07)on the SunFire X4100 M2 (4 cores, 2 3.0 GHz Opteron chips, 4 threads) running Sybase IQ 12.6 Single Application Server on Solaris 10. <br>Source: http://www.tpc.org. All results as of 6/05/07.<br><br> The postings on this site solely reflect the personal views of the author and do not necessarily represent the views, positions, strategies or opinions of IBM or IBM management. <br><br>TPC Benchmarks are registered trademarks of the Transaction Processing Performance Council. <br><br>Sybase, iAnywhere, iAnywhere Solutions, SQL Anywhere, RFID Anywhere, OneBridge and Afaria are trademarks, registered trademarks or service marks of Sybase, Inc. or its subsidiaries. <br><br><b>technorati tags:</b> <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/IBM" rel="tag">IBM</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/systems" rel="tag">systems</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/performance" rel="tag">performance</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/Sybase" rel="tag">Sybase</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/benchmark" rel="tag">benchmark</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/Sun" rel="tag">Sun</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/TPC-H" rel="tag">TPC-H</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/POWER6" rel="tag">POWER6</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/benchmarking" rel="tag">benchmarking</a></p> <br/><br/><br/>I love those ads where you answer one simple question and then they give you an <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IQ">IQ</a> score predicting your total future intellectual achievement. Everything should be so simple.<br><br>Speaking of IQ, Sun recently published a <a href="http://www.tpc.org/">TPC-H</a> 300GB benchmark result with Sybase IQ.(1) Nice price/performance but note that it's #20 in performance for the 300GB scale factor. Just think what kind of terrible performance you could get for free.<br><br>For #1 performance with Sybase IQ, see the new whitepaper, <a href="http://www.sybase.com/files/White_Papers/IQonPOWER_BENCHMARK-052307.pdf">Sybase® IQ on IBM System p™ Servers Based on New IBM POWER6™ Processor Technology</a>.<br><br>Next time you get an urge to take an IQ test, remember the words of F. Scott Fitzgerald. "The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function."<br><br>************************************************<br>(1)Sun TPC-H 300GB result of 7,641 QphH@300GB ($5.89/QphH@300GB; avail. 05/25/07)on the SunFire X4100 M2 (4 cores, 2 3.0 GHz Opteron chips, 4 threads) running Sybase IQ 12.6 Single Application Server on Solaris 10. <br>Source: http://www.tpc.org. All results as of 6/05/07.<br><br> The postings on this site solely reflect the personal views of the author and do not necessarily represent the views, positions, strategies or opinions of IBM or IBM management. <br><br>TPC Benchmarks are registered trademarks of the Transaction Processing Performance Council. <br><br>Sybase, iAnywhere, iAnywhere Solutions, SQL Anywhere, RFID Anywhere, OneBridge and Afaria are trademarks, registered trademarks or service marks of Sybase, Inc. or its subsidiaries. <br><br><b>technorati tags:</b> <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/IBM" rel="tag">IBM</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/systems" rel="tag">systems</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/performance" rel="tag">performance</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/Sybase" rel="tag">Sybase</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/benchmark" rel="tag">benchmark</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/Sun" rel="tag">Sun</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/TPC-H" rel="tag">TPC-H</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/POWER6" rel="tag">POWER6</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/benchmarking" rel="tag">benchmarking</a></p> <br/><br/><br/>I love those ads where you answer one simple question and then they give you an IQ score predicting your total future intellectual achievement. Everything should be so simple. Speaking of IQ, Sun recently published a TPC-H 300GB benchmark result with Sybase...002935urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entries-047fb7d5-4c5f-4a9c-bcb3-7e54fca041c3Benchmarking and systems performance - hosted by Elisabeth Stahl2013-12-05T15:01:57-05:00